Histoire ecclésiastique et civile du duché de Luxembourg et comté de Chiny.

5 (of 8) vol., 4to: fold. front.-[4]-xlv-[3]-458-xlv, xii-564-cix, arm. front.-liii-[3]-432-lxxii, xlviii-[6]-460-lxxxii, [8]-458-cxxii pp.; 6 engr. (vol. 1: marg. damp stains, browned, vol. 3: soiling f. a3, vol. 5: sm. tear in f. b1, some soiling in first quires, min. browning in all vol.).

Contemp. marbled paper over cardboard, flat spines with paper title label (joint partly split of vol. 1, corners bumped).

First 5 vol. of this large work from the Jesuit historian and celebrated preacher Jean Bertholet on the church and civil history of the Duchy of Luxembourg. 1st vol. contains a folding front., folding map, full-page portrait of Empress Marie-Thérèse (1717-1780) and 4 engr. of which 3 fold. and the 3rd vol. contains an arm. front., all made by Kilian.
Ref. Van der Vekene D-288. - DBS I:1387.